Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-02-20

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rauss exfaEd ana dsvalop, IL is plain
laufanf fnfersncs that two gFe9s ensf-
- points are bond % spFin1 into
exfz1enae. san franaiaoo hes already .
World vide fame as 3 e0mmefetaa en-
uorinm, As for the otkef outlet, ans
that Pugsf Sound. ID Il but q QUESTION
a. time when, Of necessity. . eec0nd
great sort uust Mss np, slan1 feady -
Feosiss tfs o4eEinea ~ Me1ieo. south
Amerien and tie far Eaai. and In "a
change an6 back the varied proono-
tions of that extensive aeolion stretch
inr from Dnluth 70 ne PaaiGs-
Ihs East admits he truth Of The o0n-
olaaiOu. perhaps, bma Il has q ssKTy Con-
eapfion az the adsnncemeut already as
tained. Il i scarcely realized tbal here
an ElIist Bay rossa 3 city Of Is DO peo
ple, already holding oil the essential
eisrnents 81 9 rapid and substantial
growth. Instead Of FoqRh. halt-etv-
ilized counmunity 10 town primitive 10
bald aud eppeaFasess ~ g often ef-
fsneonsly supposed, che hnds an sm-
bitious, intellleent, law-sbiding 81 Of
peopie, comfortably settled b 9 city
sAvsntaRsously situated and under I'M
provoDsnt every year. lis believed
thai theFa are pFivati0ns aud iaek %
eonvsnisnees common 70 the original
oolonisa, and yea here Il found tste-
graphs. tsiepho1es street. railways, else
ffis lights. water works and daily news
pnpesM see eApaeious and well ap-
rusnfed hoteio, neat charehea, veil OF.
eanixsd schools, aud, withal, listen %
ths afand opera II a. operB house that
would Do credit 10 city Of baif = million
people. II thegs hhin0s signify privA.
lions, I. for gne, would n0t strennoasly
ebisot 70 living amidst them Thess
| facts are bat impsrfeetly appreciated o.
the Atlantic Coast. Indeed, tsne - ffee
q say that the natural advantages 81
the country are almost unknown. and
the labor already accomplished IN W
gay Of buiidine 40 solid and substan
lsiaI oommnnity Il 8 positive revelation
70 tbs new oomef.
II L admitted that no more nagnih
seat timber lands exist thaE those lynn
NORTH Of che Columbia and aest Of thi
Cascades, and al present thsy seen
practically inexhaustible. YonF GOA
Ands consumers along the entire coast
and 80 yet the mines are hardly touched
Your hops maintain an envsablo nam
10 q market ~ remote A. London. Eol
have at year door metallic iron IS ricl
- any yet discovered, and near By Goa
90 for coking. Your river bottoms pro
ducs fruits ana vegetables which TO
aise and quality are unrlyalled. Doe
all this poFtsne noshings To be sure
every industry is yet yeunR. and mean
and methods are now IN vogue Whiol
are far from perfection. Bat glth tn
arrival OF capital, with the turtle
opening Of communications, with th
growth Of handling facilities and Oh
Improvement In machinery for the de
velopment Of the many varied bFanche
OF work which the ooantTy will support
whs dare predict the limit which the.
will reach 10 the faturs1
Your bay Is sufficiently ample 10 adorl
anchorage for tbs shipping Of Liver
pool, with eorrespondiugiy long stretcl
OF water front for whaFves, docks ant
bankers. Laad- locked, sheltered, will
broad, free channel uBobstrueted b,
bar, rock on anag 20 the open sea,
would appear that Nature had pot be
index finger on this very spot Is = 70
ture mart for colossal trade and ex
change. Allowed fair connections q
The 80 called common point" with on
transcoptineutal railway, securing com
munication with Bsllingham Bay aul
the Canadian Pacific, with . branch o
your Lake shore and Eastern line ran
niAg 10 Spokane, and POSSIBLY joining
the Manitoba road-now a. far AZ Mon
taEa and certain 10 reach the sea, an(
she other branch piercing Southeastern
Washington and Joining the Union Pa
ciac system-how, under such sireum
stances, can u result otherwise than II
SeAttle's becoming q railroad center. {
commercial point, and q receiving ane
distributing metropolis OF first elias
impoFtAnce.
Yonr city site IL today rough, aneven
and In detail far from attractive; ba
one who has seen marshes reclaimed q
10 Chiosg0, Hills leveled AZ u San Fran
cisco, and ravineH filed u A. AZ 81
Paul, NAV be allowed With reason h
predict that she Seattle hillside will, Il
The near futars. resolve itself into I
gradual, even slope, from any point o.
which few more chaFming panorama
are unfolded over bag, woods and noun
taina.
Your streets are yet poorly graded
and many Of them renghly opened. bu
Il is certain that improvements In I
direction % important as this will no
be long delayed. Your drainage mai
be inadequate aud INCOMPLETE, bat thl
sewerage system which many Rroai
cities in our land can never equal.
AZ oil events, the FIRST all-importan
and absolutely essential requisites
natural resources and advantages ar
here. Extension Of city limits. mum
eipal improvements, street pavements
pablo buildings. and parks. warehouses
uhafves. hne residences. charitable In
situations and all that goes 20 supply
the wants and wishes Of an enterprisinl
and stable community will follow A
surely a. Sunshine follows the rain. q
Il appears 10 me. Il. O. WksHBuRn.